Poverty rate Asian single fathers U.S. 2021

In 2021, 7.8 percent of Asian families with a single father were living below the poverty level in the United States.
Poverty is the state of one who lacks a certain amount of material possessions or money. Absolute poverty or destitution is inability to afford basic human needs, which commonly includes clean and fresh water, nutrition, health care, education, clothing and shelter.

Share of Asian families with a single father living below the poverty line in the United States from 2002 to 2021

Characteristic	Poverty rate
2021	7.8%
2020	8%
2019	5.9%
2018	9.2%
2017	9%
2016	9%
2015	12.1%
2014	8%
2013	13.4%
2012	14.3%
2011	13.6%
2010	10.4%
2009	12.6%
2008	10.5%
2007	7.6%
2006	11.6%
2005	8.3%
2004	15.2%
2003	12.8%
2002	12.4%

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Release date

August 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2002 to 2021

Supplementary notes

Asian only - with and without children under 18 years. Male householder, no spouse present.

The Census Bureau defines a family as follows: "A family is a group of two people or more (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together; all such people (including related subfamily members) are considered as members of one family."

Further information regarding the federal poverty level can be accessed here.

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